Varanasi, June 17 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday took stock of the preparations for the Central Zonal Council meeting in Varanasi on June 24. The meeting will be attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh.

The chief secretaries of these states will be present at the meeting along with members of the NITI Aayog and the Inter-State Council.

A zonal council is a regional advisory council established to promote effective cooperation and coordination for discussing issues in which the Union government and the states have a common interest.

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